CLIMATE

Since 2000, the number of extreme weather events in the northern hemisphere have almost doubled, a study is claiming.

Slowing currents boosted carbon-dioxide storage in the oceans, leading first to less CO2 in the atmosphere and then to colder temperatures.

The World Meteorological Organization put high odds on an El Niño event this fall.

Could giving your dog ice water to drink on a hot, humid day result in death? A vet debunks the rumor circulating online.

Obama's climate change plan offers nearly $1 billion to help communities not just recover from natural disasters, but prepare for them.

The former hedge-fund manager and prominent climate activist Tom Steyer will have finally divested of all his fossil fuel holdings by the end of this month, the Washington Post reported Monday.

Asthma, heat stroke, allergies and infectious diseases are all likely to increase.

A Vox post on Thursday morning ignited discussion around the Web about whether the United States--or the world--can do enough to combat the existential threat of global warming.

A recent study adds to the growing pile of evidence that climate change is the result of anthropogenic causes.

As temperatures continue to rise, it's the poor who stand to lose the most, a U.N. report warns. And not just in the Third World.

The favorable climate in 13th-century Central Asia was played a role in the Mongol Empire's rise, researchers say.

A new study suggests the sun’s varying solar energy output as a possible natural cause of climate change.

Images of extreme weather are ubiquitous in media and paint a picture of a dire end for Earth. But new research into the effects these photographs have on viewers’ minds suggests such brutal images might actually hinder climate change action.

Scientists predict extreme El Niño events are likely to double in the next few decades.

Organizers have taken measures to avoid a shortage of snow.

The weather might be cold right now, but we're still in the midst of a warming climatic trend.

While extreme weather in the U.S. is in large part due to a “polar vortex” creeping down over the Northern hemisphere from the North Pole, scientists say weather patterns around the world are largely the result of climate change in Antarctica.

Take a look at how the new satellite -- launched by NASA and JAXA -- will help forecast the world's weather.

Researchers carried out a study using records of past temperatures constructed with data from tree rings and other historical sources.

The Winter Solstice begins Dec. 21, 2013 at 12:11 p.m. EST, marking the shortest day of the year as the sun reaches its southernmost point in the sky.

Rising land and ocean temperatures in 2013 have been driven by an unprecedented increase in greenhouse gases.